N.Y., N.Y. (1957) by Francis Thompson

This September I have decided to do something different and upload rare films that have really influenced me as a creator. While I don't like to overtly pirate media, I do think it is necessary to do so when the media is otherwise impossible to obtain by the average person. It is crucial that art be available to everyone.

N.Y., N.Y. (subtitled A Day in New York) is a 1957 film by director Francis Thompson. The film is a collection of scenes from New York City recorded through special lenses, prisms and mirrors giving it a Cubist-Dadaist look. Eight years in the making, Thompson shot the images with a Kodak Cine-Special. The film's original negatives sat under the director's bed for nearly thirty years. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.